Company of Heroes

Link to original thread and review by Becool

Shoutcast by Sean1604

Overview
Yea, that game, played between Germansupreme and S0litude is really worth watching.
I was happy to see Def-Doctrine un action and an everlasting earlygame with lots of infantry.
The end , when GermanSupreme killed nearly the whole base of S0litude , was damn unexcepted until those great Calliope barrages came in.
In the erlygame both players got a huge army of Rifleman and Volks which results in nearly epic battles with more then 6 Squads.
GermnaSupreme did a good job with constantly supporting the Volks with his MG so he got the little advantage in the earlygame until S0litude got Nades out of the Barracks with raped the whole house full of Volks.
Later the 88 made a big show with destroying lots of stuff but S0litude raped it every time with a combo of Rifleman , a sniper and the Calliope. Overall a very entertaining game with lots of nonstop action and good players.

S0litude/Allies
In the first battles you lost some time and manpower as you did not get in close range where the Rifleman are much better then the Volks. But the build of more and more Rifleman and the fact that you not got raped by the MG so much helped you alot to not lose the earlygame. Also it was a good choise to go Nades when you saw the massive push with Volks along the upper house at your Base.
Nice reactions with going BAR and WSC at the time Supremes first Tier2 units came out his base. But one problem I've noticed was the fact that you lost three Squads of Rifleman which just got veteran. The loss of a veteransquad is really huge cause it can help you alot to deal with mass Volks + MG + Grennadiers. But then, the Calliope came in and raped the hell out of everything included the 88's.
Nice job at scouting with the Sniper and Shooting the Calliope. But I think the units on the field were ok, you built a Croc and you knew that there were 88's so to build the Tankdepot wasnt that useful.

What this player/team can improve upon:

• As someone said before me, go into close combat with the Rifleman. They are much stronger than the Volks and you can win time and manpower which the enemy has to pay for refreshing his units.
• Also it wasnt good to put the Riflesquad in the small building next to the house the Volks were in. If offers as good as no cover for no reason.
• Retread your units earlier ! As I said you lost three veteran one squads because you retreated too late. It costs much more to buy a new squad instead of refreshing the old.

GermanSupreme/Axis
Also your earlygame was very well played with the mass Volks spam supported by a MG.
There isnt much left to say because your playstyle was effective and solid.
As the Grennadiers came out you made good use of the Halftrack to refresh units and the abillity "For The Fatherland" which made your units stronger as S0litude rushed in with like six Riflemansquads.
Your frst 88 could have placed better because the first few shots went into the ground and from a position on the hill you could have fired into S0lis base earlier. You also did a good job at clearing out the bunkers in S0lis base for rushing in with your Shreckinf.
At the end you had bad luck because those Calliope barrager owned everything you had on the field.

What this player/team can improve upon:

• Try and give your Volks more cover with MG's in the earlygame. You only built one. Maybe it would have helped alot to secure important places for having mapcontrol.
• Search a good place to build your 88 and do not build it on the first place you see. The first 88 didnt help you much because many shots went into the ground instead the head of some Rifleman.
• As youve seen its very easy to clear the 88 out with Bar'ed Rifleman so build a bunker next to the 88 to cover it against Rifleman attacks. Then he only the possibility to get a Calliope or a sniper which will get owned by a MG, Volks or countersniping.

Overall Rating: 7

RotW contender

Fun game 4 sure! But I keep wondering why Germansupreme didnt get the V.P. by his base? Maybe a MG to guard it? But what do I know I'm just a

Medals awarded.

Watching now

EDIT:
A reinforcement point, be it bunker or halftrack, would have helped after your first halftrack was killed.

Fun game but bunkers are the anchor upon which defensive is built.

Would also recommend building 88s as far away from obstructions (hedges and buildings etc) as possible.

Placement of your first 88 was funny

Stupid server issues double post

wow nice come back...all the 88s laying around gees lol right when u think its over..its not lol

callipoe got the win

With a T2 infantry spam, perhaps a medic bunker would have been a goldmine?

Nice game, dudez Didn't c da ending comin even though, both sides sacrificed a lot of infantry the match had some really awesome come backs

You can put the 88 wherever (some spots are better than others) but you can also attack ground on hedgerows to gain a LOS advantage. It takes some time (two shots per hedge I believe) but it does work.

Just stay "on" it when you can so if something (like a tank) comes by you can aim at that instead of the ground. I've found that tactic really useful in team games because my allies can buy me enough time to get the hedges down.

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